Boris Johnson to 'send SAS into Syria' to bring ISIS kids back to the UK

Boris Johnson and the National Security Council are reportedly discussing bringing back ISIS kids (Image: REUTERS)

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Boris Johnson is considering sending the SAS into Syria to bring back British children of ISIS brides and fighters, according to reports.

The repatriation scheme has divided the Government’s top secret National Security Council (NSC), according to a leak to Mail on Sunday.

There are 30 kids with claims to UK citizenship in camps in northern Syria, and deciding what to do with them has proved controversial.

A Whitehall source branded the plans “virtue signalling” and said the children could end up as terrorists themselves.

"It’s all very well virtue signalling now about bringing them home, but some of these children are now teenagers and have spent their formative years playing with AKs (AK47 assault rifles),” they said.

They added: “It might be cheered now but when one of them blows up a shopping centre, who is going to get the blame?"

Former ISIS bride Shamima Begum wanted to get her baby son Jarrah to the UK (Image: BBC supplied by Pixel8000)

Johnson was "wavering" according to one source, but another said he was "minded to" give the mission the all-clear.

A final decision on whether the plan will be given the green light is due next month.

Chancellor Sajid Javid, Home Secretary Priti Patel and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace are against the plan, according to the title.

But the move is said to be supported by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and International Development Secretary Alok Sharma.

Donald Trump has also piled pressure on Britain to take back, and put on trial, all its citizens who joined ISIS in Syria.

Last month, the US President threatened to release “thousands” of ISIS captives “to Europe”, if their countries of origin don’t step in.

Donald Trump warned Britain that it has to take back its ISIS-fighter citizens (Image: AFP/Getty Images)

The camps in northern Syria where ISIS fighters are held are led by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

A Government source told the Mail on Sunday: "The Americans are leading the charge on this, pointing out what happens when these kids grow up radicalised.

“It’s a major headache now but just wait until a Briton cuts the head off an American."